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Social Security pulls field office staff to answer overwhelmed phone line
The agency, which serves 73 million beneficiaries, has struggled to improve customer service amid cutbacks, long wait times ...
Social Security Warning Issued as Agency Moves 1,000 Staffers
The Social Security Administration reassigned about 1,000 customer service representatives from field offices to its national ...
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Don't believe Trump's new disinfo campaign about Social Security | Opinion
GOP members of Congress and the Trump administration—particularly President Donald Trump—will try to sell the American people ...
Social Security is pulling workers from its field offices to man the growing number of calls at its 1-800 number
Phones have been ringing off the hook at the Social Security Administration prompting the agency to use a temporary solution for a growing problem ...
New plan proposed to save Social Security
The bipartisan proposal would establish a new funding model for Social Security, which its sponsors say could help save the program.
‘Big beautiful bill' may help some seniors on Social Security. But it doesn't eliminate taxes on benefits
Now that President Donald Trump has signed the “big beautiful” bill into law, experts weigh in on the tax relief some seniors ...
Social Security email says policy bill eliminates tax on benefits. Does it?
In a celebratory email sent to Americans, the Social Security Administration praised the Trump administration’s sprawling budget and tax bill and said it eliminated federal income taxes on most ...
Social Security Administration sends misleading email lauding Trump's new tax cuts law
The Social Security Administration has sent a misleading email to beneficiaries stating that President Donald Trump’s ...
DOGE cuts have made it hard for seniors to get Social Security offices on the phone
Since DOGE took power in January, complaints about access to the SSA have been “skyrocketing,” according to AARP, the ...